All we really need to know is that it doesn't have a public option and, according to the AP... Just as auto coverage is now mandatory, so would a requirement that all Americans get health insurance...
The Baucus Plan is a Nightmare
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Worst Persons
MSNBC. For apparently shit-canning Carlos Watson's show. Maybe MSNBC urged him to use a stupid office management-speak metaphor as the theme of his show and he refused. Something like: "I'm Also...
A Third of Americans Are Self-Defeating Morons
Yeah okay, that headline is a little harsh. But looking at this Gallup poll showing slightly more Americans are opposed to healthcare reform than support it, I just couldn't help myself. I find it...
Jonathan Alter is Wrong
Alter via Twitter: A PO is a good idea, but left has lost perspective. The rest of bill--universal cov,ending discrim. based on preexisting cond. --more impt. I've written this many times before but...
Education and Wingnut Doofery
I was watching CNN prior to the president's speech and they were interviewing an old guy who said he objected to the address because the country was "becoming more and more communistic." Yeah, that...
Greatest Healthcare In The World
Just a reminder: the private health insurance companies continue to cancel policies: "We do not rescind a policyholder's coverage because someone on the policy gets sick," said Peggy Hinz, a...
'Indoctrination'
What else do you call this? From August, 2004: Several Democrats who wanted to hear Vice President Dick Cheney speak in New Mexico on July 31st were required to recite an unusual pledge of allegiance...
Morning Joe
Someone with Twitter should remind Mr. President Scarborough that the public option isn't a "left" or "liberal" position. It's a position supported by almost everyone. The left, in fact, mostly wants...
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Wingnuttery And The School Speech
A particularly frank moment with Brokaw and Friedman on Meet the Press: The school districts are treating this speech tomorrow as if it were the airing of a movie featuring nudity or profanity. And...
'What Are You Gonna Do?'
Here's the healthcare section of President Obama's speech to the AFL-CIO today: He point-blank calls the Republican arguments "lies" and asks, "I've got a questions for all of those folks... What are...
The Insurance Cartel Strikes Again
The best argument in the world for a public insurance option: In the past few days, 114,000 Michigan households have received bad-news letters from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, socking...
The New Baucus Plan
Max Baucus has released his new healthcare reform plan. Here's all you need to know: 1) It mostly sucks. No public option. Because he continues to obsess on bipartisanship. 2) Grassley and Enzi don't...
Here's A Trigger I Can Support
Let's have a primary trigger. If Ben Nelson votes against a robust public option, his vote should trigger a major netroots movement to recruit a primary challenger to kick his ass in 2012. These...
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Why Are We Obsessed With The Public Option?
Thought I'd summarize why support for the public option is so tenacious. Here are 10 reasons.1) Quick definition. The public option as proposed by the House bill and the HELP bill is a government-run...
Best. Healthcare. Ever.
The pre-Fox News Glenn Beck and Mrs. Beck underscore how Americans love their healthcare -- that is, until they actually need to use it. Adding... There was a point recently when healthcare reform...
Gibbs Says President Supports Public Option
As President Barack Obama prepares for a Wednesday night speech to Congress in a risky bid to salvage his top domestic priority, no other issue is so highly charged. Obama's liberal supporters...
Stop Encouraging Them
Another liberal concession to the wingnut loud noises. Glenn Beck craps his cage about Van Jones, then Van Jones resigns. If I were in the administration, I would've promoted Van Jones just to see...
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